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Skriven 2014-08-16 20:18:05 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 15870 av Sean Dennis (1:18/200)
Ärende: Lack was:exactitude
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Hi Sean,

 RH> I ws pretty sure you, like us, didn't cook with it. It is interesting
 RH> to see what subs for what--some liquids you would never think of
 RH> having a "similar to" some sort of alcohol, that do.

 SD> I was brought up not using alcohol at all due to religious reasons.  I
 SD> have found recipes in my own collection that use alcohol but I've yet
 SD> to find a reason to use it for the taste.  I've tried wine.  Tastes

My parents used to drink it in various forms but Mom never cooked with
it. They also, from time to time made dandelion wine. I never cared for
the taste of that but have tried other wines that I did like.


 SD> like rotten grape juice to me.  I have a strong dislike of anything
 SD> vinegary and that has lead me to avoid many things and not just hooch.

Too bad--our favorite chicken marinade (then we grill it) has vinegar in
it. I use it in other cooking too, generally using an unfiltered cider
vinegar for things like salad dressing.

 RH> Do you have a proper stove with oven? What sort of set up do you have?
 RH> You would be amazed at what can be cooked, using other than a
 RH> conventional set up if you put your mind to it.

 SD> I'm in a partially finished basement.  I have a microwave, my George
 SD> Foreman G5 grill, a hotplate, and a large GE tabletop oven/rotisserie.
 SD>  I have no running water nor drain down here so any waste I create
 SD> cooking either has to go into the trash or be ported upstairs into the
 SD> kitchen proper.  I do not cook in that kitchen because the house is
 SD> for sale and I don't want to mess it up as it's easier for me to clean
 SD> my little "mess area" downstairs.

Makes cooking interesting, tho not impossible. Is the G5 the one with
the grill plates, the waffle plates and the rectangular pan? If so,
that's the one we have. We use it mostly as a grill, secondary as a
waffle maker and occaisionally will do something in the pan.


 SD> Now that I have the G5 going again (I'd packed the grill plates up and
 SD> put them in storage; I recently discovered them hiding in a box that
 SD> they never should have been in!), I can cook a lot of great things.
 SD> It's the cleanup that can be problematic with carrying dirty dishes
 SD> upstairs to clean, especially when I'm tired.

Bring down enough water so you can soak really dirty stuff in hot, soapy
water for a bit before taking it upstairs. It'll clean up easier.

 SD> But I can still cook and even bake if I need to.

Good to have the means to do so, even if it's not quite a proper
kitchen.


 RH> As long as you keep working at it, the numbers should improve in time.
 RH> It's when you stop (or never start) working on it you run into
 RH> trouble.

 SD> Unfortunately, I am under some pretty big stress right now and that
 SD> affects how and what I eat.  I'm exercising more but my eating
 SD> schedule is off.

Try to get the eating schedule on a semblence of normal; it'll make the
return to normal easier. It may be easier said than done but working at
it will de stress you a bit in the long run.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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